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9 unusual facts about Walkerville


Art Gallery of Windsor

The Art Gallery of Windsor was originally located in Walkerville’s Willistead Manor.

Benfield School

Its pupils come from a large area of Newcastle's east end including Byker, Heaton, Walker, Walkergate and Walkerville.

James Scott Cooper

James Scott Cooper built several structures, including a mansion in Walkerville that has since been torn down, and a two-story building in Belle River.

Johnson Street Bridge

The superstructure of the bridge was fabricated in Walkerville, Ontario and contains 100 tons

Lethbridge Viaduct

The steel work was manufactured by the Canadian Bridge Company of Walkerville, Ontario.

Walkerville, Ontario

The Tivoli Theatre (recently reopened Old Walkerville Theatre), is of 1920s art-deco design by C. Howard Crane (who would also design the Fox Theater in Detroit, Michigan).

Walkerville, South Australia

He was imprisoned briefly for debt and in 1849 he left the colony to take up a government position in Hobart.

William Horn

On 24 September 1879 in St Andrews Church, Walkerville, he married Penelope Elizabeth Belt; they had two daughters and six sons.

Willistead Manor

After Edward passed on in 1915, Mrs. Walker did not care to keep living in the big home alone, and she deeded the house and grounds to the town of Walkerville.


Harry C. Hatch

Four years later, Hatch acquired Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd. based in Walkerville, Ontario, and in 1927 merged the two companies under the parent company of Hiram Walker-Gooderharn & Worts Limited.

Holmwood House

A second 'Holmwood' was constructed in 1885 for the wealthy mining magnate, benefactor and politician, William Austin Horn, at North Walkerville, Adelaide.


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